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    Werowocomoco was a village that served as the headquarters of Chief Powhatan, a Virginia Algonquian political and spiritual leader when the English founded...
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    colonists. As a result, Wahunsenacawh moved his primary residence from Werowocomoco, off the York River, to Orapax (or Orapakes), located in a swamp at the...
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    thousands of years. In 2003 evidence was found of the likely site of Werowocomoco, one of two capitals used by the paramount chief Powhatan before 1609...
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    Opchanacanough, the younger brother of Powhatan. Smith was taken to Werowocomoco, Powhatan's capital along the York River. Smith recounted in 1624 that...
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    County is about 60 miles (97 km) east of Virginia's capital, Richmond. Werowocomoco, capital of the large and powerful Powhatan Confederacy (a union of 30...
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    site of Werowocomoco, a capital village of Chief Powhatan in what is now Virginia. According to English colonist Captain John Smith, Werowocomoco was located...
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    exploring on the Chickahominy River and brought him to Powhatan's capital at Werowocomoco. In his 1608 account, Smith describes a great feast followed by a long...
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    he ruled primarily from Werowocomoco, which was located on the northern shore of the York River. This site of Werowocomoco was rediscovered in the early...
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    Powhatan at Werowocomoco, one of the Powhatans' two capital villages. Located along the northern shore of the present-day York River, Werowocomoco is thought...
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    took him to meet Chief Powhatan (Opechancanough's older brother) at Werowocomoco, the main village of the Powhatan Confederacy. The village was on the...
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    Chief Powhatan later established a second capital village, known as Werowocomoco, in a centrally located position in Tenakomakah. Rediscovered in the...
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    Gloucester at some point in the 1600s. The point is downstream from Werowocomoco, capital of Tsenacommacah since the late 500s. Gloucester Point is located...
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    Chief Powhatan, at the Powhatan Confederacy's seat of government at Werowocomoco on the York River. However, 17 years later, in 1624, Smith first related...
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  • 100–800 AD Nazca Various Tribal chiefdoms 100 BC–800 AD Tsenacommacah Werowocomoco Tribal Confederacy 16th century–1677 AD Pueblo Various Tribal chiefdoms...
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  • called a ceasefire. John Smith saw the weroansqua of Appomattoc again at Werowocomoco (the main residence of Chief Powhatan) during his capture in December...
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    prisoner by Opchancanough and, on January 5, is delivered to Powhatan at Werowocomoco for execution. After an intervention by Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas...
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    "Tyndall draughte map". Tyndall mapped the York River during a journey to Werowocomoco with Newport in February, 1608. This map is the first of its kind by...
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  • Station Yorktown in York County. The settlement was 11 miles (18 km) from Werowocomoco, capital of the Powhatan Confederacy. In the mid-16th and early 17th...
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    (servant) named Namontack (or "Namotacke"). Thomas Savage resided in Werowocomoco, while Namontack served as emissary abroad in England with Captain Newport...
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    one that was proposed in the 19th and 20th centuries as the site of Werowocomoco. The area also includes remains of 17th-century English settlements....
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    River Jamestown Island Mulberry Island Stingray Point Tsenacommacah Werowocomoco Powhatan's Chimney Associated places (list) Blunt Poynt Kecoughtan Cape...
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  • prisoner by Opchancanough and, on January 5, is delivered to Powhatan at Werowocomoco for execution. After an intervention by Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas...
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    the paramount Chief Powhatan (Wahunsunacawh, who actually resided at Werowocomoco). Gabriel Archer, who wrote the fullest account of the visit to Parahunt's...
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  • Country to betray them, which they refused to do, but that the Indians of Werowocomoco had undertaken it. Captain Spilman went there, but the Indians after...
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  • Rassawek, similar to how, in 1977, the site of the Powhatan capital of Werowocomoco was discovered in Gloucester County. Speaking of the Rassawek site, Jeffrey...
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    up residence at Capahosic, a satellite village near his own capital Werowocomoco, where he would provide them food and security in exchange for metal...
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    Werowocomoco Archeological Site...
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  • death December 1607 (1607-12): John Smith is taken by Opechancanough to Werowocomoco, either to be inducted as a ceremonial tribe member or to be executed...
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  • meter mural of the Life of Pocahontas outside the home of Pocahontas, Werowocomoco, in Gloucester, Virginia for the 400 Anniversary Celebration. Kirby has...
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    stands. Not far from Richmond, the Powhatan tribe built their capital, Werowocomoco, on an island in this river and chose it in part because of its considerable...
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